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Re-excavating the excavated: analyzing Mamluk Dirham hoards from Jordan via their published reports, and why that is worth doing
Schultz, Warren C.
2018
Abstract
Five sizeable hoards of Mamluk silver dirhams have been found in Jordan since 1963. This paper focuses on three of these hoards, with the aim of making this numismatic data available to wider conversations about the Middle Islamic period in Jordan and Mamluk money. The first hoard discussed contains roughly 1100 Crusader and Mamluk silver coins found at the site of Dhībān in 1965. The second hoard consisted of more than 2200 dirhams found at Kerak in 1963. The third hoard consists of 68 Mamluk silver coins found in 1987 at the site of El-Lejjun. In all three cases, access to the actual coins found in these hoards is problematic, as not only are they preserved in multiple locations, but in at least one case, coins were distributed from the initial hoard and thus are not recoverable. Furthermore, while all three of these hoards have been published, the information found within has not been integrated into wider studies of the material culture of the Middle Islamic period in Jordan.
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Warren C. Schultz, “Re-excavating the excavated: analyzing Mamluk Dirham hoards from Jordan via their published reports, and why that is worth doing” in: Bruno Callegher and Arianna D’Ottone Rambach (Edited by), “5th Simone Assemani Symposium on Islamic coins. Rome, 29-30 September 2017”, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste,Trieste, 2018, pp. 213-226
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en
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